Trophies end up in cardboard boxes in the garage. How you treated your teammates doesn’t.

Objects that mark achievement lose their meaning surprisingly fast once the season that produced them is over. What does not get boxed up is how people remember being around you: whether you were generous when you were winning and decent when you were not. That version of you travels with everyone who was there.

In the middle of a competitive stretch, notice how you speak to the person having a bad day. Take the small chance to make someone else look good. Years from now that will be the part anyone can still describe.